Example sentences of "[pron] has not been [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Air from outside the hole , which has not been so depleted of ozone , then enters the region and the mixing of the air masses dissipates the hole ( Rowland , 1988 ) .
2 The responsibility for the reviews rests with the review officer who , under section 40(1) ( b ) , must be an officer of at least rank of inspector and who has not been directly involved in the investigation .
3 She has not been directly involved in the Orkney situation , but she did lecture on ritual or satanic abuse at a two-day seminar in Aberdeen in November 1990 .
4 There has not been too much building to spoil the village , and the population has not greatly altered over the years , so it is a pleasant village in which to live .
5 One of the problems , of course , is that , with the invariably available and endlessly enthusiastic Dixon having achieved the remarkable feat of being appointed to no fewer than five of Scotland 's summer tours , there has not been too much opportunity for anyone else to advance his claims .
6 THERE has not been so much breast-beating in the cinema since Bernadette .
7 The Turkish forces , let's be clear about this , have used napalm against Kurdish villages inside the ‘ safe haven ’ which the rapidstrike force is supposedly on permanent red-alert to protect — yet there has n't been so much as a cheep from any of the elements who cheered the US-led forces into the Gulf War on the basis that regimes which defy international law and slaughter innocent people must be confronted , no matter what the cost .
8 Somebody did suggest that we ask Betty 's husband , but if he has n't been very helpful with the auditor , perhaps he 's not very keen on .
9 He has , he has n't been very active actually
10 " He has n't been home all night , " I said , trying to keep the anxiety out of my voice .
11 He has not been properly fit for months .
12 That has been monumental help , but it has not been just practical help .
13 It has not been sufficiently sensitive to the issues which divide and potentially destroy us , or to the need to renounce the legacy of patriarchal relations in our own behaviour .
14 He answered cryptically but not very informatively ; ‘ It has not been though expedient for the Grand Junction to widen the locks . ’
15 The realignment of exchange rates discussed above might suggest that it has not been very successful in promoting greater exchange rate stability .
16 But it has not been too cold at night and hopefully this wo n't go on until the winter .
17 However , although the WDA has remained , it has not been as interventionist in terms of urban policy as has the SDA .
18 ‘ No doubt business is better than last year but it has not been as good as many people suggested it might be , ’ he said .
19 ‘ It does n't seem to bother you that it has n't been altogether successful so far . ’
20 If he wants to do it his way and he succeeds then great , but so far it has n't been that successful .
21 dog you see , but er you can tell it has n't been that tough a winter because there 's still
22 It has n't been that busy , it 's not busy .
23 Well the atmosphere is very bad indeed in Belfast because er we had this before of course twenty years ago we had various bad situations but it has n't been so bad in recent years , but this last fortnight , er we 've had U V F killings , then we had this terrible bomb by the I R A killing the protestants in the Shankhill Road .
24 And you know this brings another important aspect up which is very important about communications , erm you know we 've jollied along talking about what communication is making sure people know you know what you want etcetera etcetera etcetera but also do n't forget that different people can have different perceptions of the same same things but as I say here we are we sat here we done we 've done about an hour an hour and a half on written communications and yet you know when we passed the papers around it has n't been too bad but there has been different things that people have gone for both in the writing of these reports and both in the marking of them as well .
25 Yes touch wood , for flowers it has n't been too bad a year , so far , we have n't had very .
26 It has n't been as difficult as I thought it would be , so far … but I 'm determined not to have another smoke .
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